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0 pointstareqak2y ago0 comments

It sounds like a corporation could impede the humanity/progress of countries that respect these patents by patent_lifetime * number_of_patents so long as they have the money to do so.

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skinner9272y ago· 1 in thread

That’s literally a feature

thfuran2y ago

That's explicitly the opposite of the intent of patents.

TeMPOraL2y ago

You do realize you are describing the exact thing that's currently plaguing the software industry, among others?

parl_match2y ago

That's literally what a patent troll is

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